The Expedition 39 crew returned to Earth Tuesday after 188 days in space, completing a journey of over 79 million miles and more than 3,000 orbits of the Earth since launching to the International Space Station back in November....

Three of the six astronauts currently on board the International Space Station (ISS) are set to depart for Earth in a Soyuz TMA-11M vehicle Tuesday night and successfully touch down near Kazakhstan early Wednesday morning....